Inertial navigation system

Inertial Navigation System: An Inertial Navigation System (INS) is a self-contained navigation system.

Inertial navigation system (INS). A computer-based navigation system that tracks the movement of an aircraft via signals produced by onboard accelerometers.

INS (Inertial Navigation System)
A totally self-contained system which requires no information from outside references.

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM (INS)
A totally self-contained system which requires no information from outside references. Provides aircraft position and navigation information in respon...

INERTIAL NAVIGATION SYSTEM- An RNAV system which is a form of self-contained navigation.
(See Area Navigation/RNAV.)
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Inertial Navigation System - A gyroscope based system that senses aircraft lateral acceleration thereby providing navigation information. Modern INSs use GPS inputs to correct gyroscopic drift errors.

INS - Inertial navigation system, in which highly sensitive accelerometers record, via a computer, the complex accelerations of an aircraft about its three axes, ...

INS - inertial navigation system. A gyroscope-based system which senses acceleration and deceleration and computes an aircraft's position in latitude and longitude with great accuracy.

or Foe -- see transponder ILS Instrument Landing System - a system which allows appropriately equipped aircraft to find a runway and land, when the clouds may be as low as 200 feet (or lower for special circumstances) INS Inertial Navigation System ...

Some jets also have inertial navigation systems onboard to help pilots find their way.

INS - Inertial Navigation System - a navigation system that guides an aircraft based upon its position relative to a pre-determined point, usually its home base.

Another method of obtaining speed and position is the Inertial Navigation System (INS), which keeps track a vehicle's acceleration using gyroscopes and linear accelerometers; ...

ICAO - International Civil Aviation Organization
IFR - Instrument Flight Rules
IMC - Instrument Meteorological Conditions
ILS - Instrument Landing System, comprised of Glideslope and Localizer
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INS: Inertial Navigation System. It uses gyroscopes and other electronic tracking systems to detect acceleration and deceleration, and computes an aircraft's position in latitude and longitude. Its accuracy, however, declines on long flights.

ARINC 561 - Inertial navigation system specifications.
ARINC 568 - Inertial sensor DME reference specification.
ARINC 571 - Inertial sensor attitude-heading reference system specifications.

See also: Navigation, Aircraft, Aviation, Flight, Pilot